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Four dead in land collapse at construction site in Vietnam

Four dead in land collapse at construction site in Vietnam

Tuesday, September 01, 2020, 15:52 GMT+7
Four dead in land collapse at construction site in Vietnam
Rescuers search for missing people after land collapsed at a construction site in Viet Tri City, Phu Tho Province, September 1, 2020. Four were confirmed dead in the landslide. Photo: T. Huong / Tuoi Tre

Four people died on Tuesday when land collapsed at a construction site in northern Vietnam.

The land collapse happened at 8:30 am at a vocational school in Gia Cam Ward, Viet Tri City, which is the capital of Phu Tho Province, a source told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper.

Some people were working at a construction site in the school when soil from an overhead structure suddenly slid down on them.

Rescuers arrived at the scene shortly after the accident occurred to pull people out from the rubble.

Police officers and soldiers also joined the rescue mission, Nguyen Ngoc Son, chairman of the Viet Tri People’s Commitee, told Tuoi Tre on Tuesday afternoon.

“We had completed the mission by noon,” Son said.

“Four people had died upon being found under the soil.”

Son added that local authorities would hand over their bodies and offer condolences to their families in the flesh.

It was not immediately clear why the land had collapsed. Police are probing the cause.

Residents stand outside a vocational school in Phu Tho Province, where four people died after land collapsed at a construction site, September 1, 2020. Photo: T. Anh / Tuoi Tre

Residents stand outside a vocational school in Phu Tho Province, where four people died after land collapsed at a construction site, September 1, 2020. Photo: T. Anh / Tuoi Tre

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